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Terns ; but after sinking over the tops o£ our wading-boots we 

 were only able to obtain a few eggs of Black Tern, which were 

 in large nests of dead and wet reed-stems placed on floating 

 masses of the same. The breeding-place of the White-winged 

 Black Tern was beyond our reach. By the roadside^ on 

 returning to Obrez, a small party of Bee-eaters was seen. In 

 the evening we returned to Kupinovo. 



May 31st. In the morning we procured a few eggs of 

 Black Tern and a nest and eggs of Great Reed-Warbler from 

 the bara, and while so doing were interested in watching an 

 Imperial Eagle, which on making its appearance over the 

 village was immediately bullied by a Black Kite and a White 

 Stork. In the afternoon a visit was paid to the large wood 

 between the eastern and western arms of the bara, where we 

 found a nest of the Black Stork, from which the old bird flew 

 on our aj)proach. The nest was placed on a large branch 

 about forty feet from the ground, but the immense girth of 

 the tree precluded any attempt at climbing. A nest of the 

 Penduline Tit, ready for eggs, was suspended among the 

 outer twigs of a pollard poplar, and, like the one already 

 obtained, was formed entirely of the down from the sallow- 

 catkin, having the appearance of silky curled wool, and 

 through this were interlaced a few dry grasses as if to lend 

 additional strength. Both the nests of this bird which we 

 obtained had two holes, one in front, the other behind. 

 Quite low down in a decayed oak was a nest-hole and young 

 of the Great Spotted Woodpecker. 



June 1st. At 5 a.m. we bade farewell to Kupinovo, tra- 

 velling by Progar, Becmen, and Dobanovci to Semlin. At 

 first our road lay along the banks of the Save, which were in 

 many places wooded ; and here we observed the Hobby, a pair 

 of Bee-eaters, Green Woodpeckers, and Goldfinches. On 

 leaving the river we passed several small marshes, and noted 

 the Purple Heron and Common Tern, and, nearer Dobanovci, 

 the Wheatear and Blue-headed Wagtail and several Eagles. 

 When between Becmen and Dobanovci we had a new experi- 

 ence in being followed for some miles by a wolf, attracted no 

 doubt by a foal of tender age which trotted by the side of 



